Window-shade holder.



0-. B. GILBERT.

WINDOW SHADE HOLD EH.

- APPLICATION FILED oc.3. 1914. 1,158,677. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Arm/M1514 holder. Figs. 5 and 6 are rigidity thereto,

'7 is a cross section,

ORA B. GILBERT, OF PLEASANT HILL, OHIO.

. WINDOW-SHADE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ye-tented Nov, 2, 1915.

Application filefl December 3,1914. Serial no. 875,303.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, ORA B. Grnnnn'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pleasant Hill, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-ShadeHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in window-shade fixtures, and oneobject is to rovide an adjustable holder which may o lengthened orshortened to accommodate shade rollers of difierent lengths.

A further object is to provide means for balancing the holder andraising and lower ing the same, so that when a window sash is loweredfrom the top for. ventilation, the holder, with the of air,

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear, and in orderthat said invention may be fully understood, reference will now be madeto the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a part of a window provided with myinvention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the invention. Fig- 3 is a rearelevation of the holder and its supporting cord. Fig. i is a detailperspective view of the intermediate section of the views of the endsections of the holder. Fig. enlarged, on line VII-VII of Fig. 1. Fig. 8is a broken inverted plan view of one end of the holders and front ofthe roller O and that portion a of the shade rolled thereon, from dust.The top side'of the holder, however, does not extend 'rearwardlysufliciently to contact and mar the window casing. T The end sections 3have longitudinal flanges 4 arranged parallel thereto and spaced aslight distance shade may likewise be' low-- ered and thus avoidobstructing the passage I its companion detail perspective.

Said holder consists of an e therefrom to provide grooves 5, for thereception of the top and bottom margins of the intermediate section 2,upon which they end sections are slidably-mounted, so that the holder'lmay be lengthened or shortened to accommodateshade rollers of diii'erentlengths. I

The outer terminals of the end sections 3 1 have end plates 6", bent atrightangles to their front "sides [and-secured by overlapp 1ng llps 8,bent downward from the top sides 9 of said end sections 3. The endplatesGare further secured to the top sides 9, by lugs 8, bent at rightanglesto the "upper sides into the ends of the adjacent grooves 5,

where they are secured between the upper,

of said end plates'and extending flanges 4 and the top sides 9, Figs. 8and 9-.

One end plate 6 has a round hole 10, while receive the round and therectangular stubs has a rectangular hole 11=to'- of the shade roller 0.The end plates 6 also;

have bumpers 120i leather, rubber, or other suitable material .whichextend beyond the stubs of the roller C, to prevent the same frommarring the adjacent sides of the win dow casing, when the holderis'hung between said sides and close to the window sashes.

13' designates a cord for supportingthe shade holder andraisingandlowering the into a loop 1 1, which freely extends through holes 15 inthe topof the intermediate seesame; One end of said cord 13 is formedtion 2, so that the holder can-be readily ad justed' and maintained in ahorizontal position and thus insure straight rolling up and unrolling ofthe shade, so that it will bev held in proper relation to the window. By

having the loop ldextend through holes 15- in the intermediate section 2of the holder,

theend sections Smay-be adjusted apart or toward each other toaccommodate shade rollers of diflerent lengths, without in any .wayinterfering with the loop 1 1. One end cord in any of the loop 14 issecuredto the suitable -manner,'a clip 16 being shown for this purpose..The free end of the cord 13- runs over a clutch pulley 17, of ordinarytype secured to the upper portion of the window casing A.

With the foregoing arrangement the shade can be raised and loweredbodily with relation to the window casing A, so as not to' obstructventilation when the window is lowered from the top. The shade may alsobe rolledu to admit light through all or I any part 0 the window, or itmay be un- Claim.

devices, and while I have shown anddescribed the preferred form of myinvention,

I reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall within thespirit and scope of Having thus described my invention,

What I .Cla m and desire to secure by l5 ters Patent, is: I v A shadeholder composed of an intermediate member and end members all of L-shape in cross section, the end members having grooved guides whichslidably receive the ends of the intermediate-member, said end membershaving extensions disposed at 1 right angles thereto to form end wallstherefor, said end walls having lugs which extend in the guides, and thetop walls of the end members having'right angular end the end wallswhereby to hold the latter against movement and to hold the lugsin 25.lips which engage over the outer faces of the guides, said ,end wallshaving shade roller engaging means, and means connected to theintermediate member to support the entire device.

In tesx'ci'mony whereof I aflix my. signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ORA B. GILBERT. v Witnesses: a v

F. G. Fisonnii, L. J; FISCHER.

